Watching Si Doel : television, language, and cultural identity in contemporary Indonesia / Klarijn Loven.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loven, Klarijn, 1972-

Series:

Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 242.

Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 242

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Identity (Psychology) and mass media--Indonesia.

Identity (Psychology) and mass media.

Television series--Indonesia.

Television series.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (387 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden : KITLV Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While television in today’s world increasingly displays a global character, national television systems are still firmly rooted in a specific locality. But in what ways does this locality actually shape the content and performance of national television? What is the significance of local cultures and local languages in these processes of mediation? And how do the local, the national, and the global intersect in discourses of and discourse on television? Taking a critical discourse analysis perspective, Watching Si Doel investigates these and related questions in the context of contemporary Indonesia. Starting from the nationwide popularity of the local television serial Si Doel Anak Sekolahan (\'Educated Doel\'), it examines the various ways in which the national government, Indonesian television producers, and local audiences shape, interpret, and struggle over the meaning of the phrase ‘national television’. In doing so, the book explores what Indonesian television at the turn of the century sounds and looks like—and, significantly, ought to sound and look like—according to those who create and control television and those who watch and interpret it. While providing insight into the production, nature, and reception of television discourse in general, this book particularly seeks to clarify the relationship between television, language, and power in late New Order and post-Soeharto Indonesia. The dvd contains video excerpts from the sitcom Si Doel .

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction: Watching Si Doel, studying Indonesian television

Chapter I: From Balai Pustaka to UNICEF: The mediatization of ‘Betawi Doel’

Chapter II: Si Doel as a sinetron: Televising the New Order?

Chapter III: The making of Si Doel: Shaping the face of Indonesian television

Chapter IV: The languagescape of Si Doel: Creating an illusion of reality

Chapter V: From script to broadcasting: Producing the languagescape of Si Doel

Chapter VI: Si Doel as a broadcasting asset

Chapter VII: Catching ‘Doel fever’: Si Doel in the discourse of ordinary viewers and television critics

Chapter VIII: Mediating Betawi identity: Si Doel in Betawi discourse

Chapter IX: Advertising Si Doel

Chapter X: Si Doel as a vehicle of language

Chapter XI: Interpreting the language of Si Doel: A viewing experiment

Chapter XII: Si Doel and beyond

Appendix A: Design of the reception research

Appendix B: Example of a set of forms

Appendix C: Glossary

Appendix D: Abbreviations and acronyms

Appendix E: List of interviews

Appendix F: Si Doel fragments on DVD

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

DVD contains Si Doel fragments.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-25391-2

OCLC:

855969914

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004253919 DOI